Another New S&S Woodie

Hadn't heard anyone mention this yet, sorry if it's been mentioned already. S&S has a new woodie opening up in Denmark. It's scheduled to open in May 2004. It's to be called Falken (Falcon), and only be 65 feet high. Doesn't sound too thrilling at that height. Anyone here know more...

You would be quite surprised. There are some great short in height coasters. Such as the Raven. It is only 80 feet tall (but with 100 foot drop). Still it might be a lot of fun.

Exactly. A lot of great woodies are under 100ft. tall. Height is not an issue.

Heres a GREAT woodie that is the same size as Falcon, Cornball Express 55' tall, 75' drop with 7 killer moments of airtime in a mere 2200' of track, that is wooden coaster heaven, smaller woodies in my opinion are just as good if not better than big woodies

Considering it's gonna have Gerstlauer trains on it, it's probably a good thing that it's only 65'...

Yup, gotta agree with all y'all there. It's all about 'motion of the ocean'. ;)

You can see a rendered layout here:

http://www.faarupsommerland.dk/default.asp?kategori1=action&id1=185&id2=188

A construction diary is here:

http://www.faarupsommerland.dk/default.asp?kategori1=action&id1=185&id2=201

(you can view all pix as a slideshow too)

I must say that it looks quite nice and "airy" for a family woodie

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Kustom Koaster Kommando *** Edited 11/13/2003 6:18:23 PM UTC by tricktrack***

Sure looks better than Timberhawk ;)

Timberhawk looked good on paper as well, Moosh. We'll see. I hope for the best on this one.

This does look like it might offer more air...but alas, it's not like I'll be heading to Denmark anytime soon.

looks cool, can't wait to ride one.

Two things stand out to me on this design.

1) The first drop only goes down about 20 feet before swooping to a full 2nd drop.

2) The ending helix seems awfully high in the air.

Those 2 elements seem to imply that they are trying to burn off some speed, and with such a modest lift hill height the track length must be very short.

I guess they could just be out of land to do a full curved drop to the ground, but why not move the station a little further down and have a very short curve to a full drop?

Do they want the ride to be on the mild side to be considered a family ride?

Has S&S perfected a nearly frictionless track?

Any other ideas?

Actually the first drop is very reminiscent of Sky Princess' first drop, but with a more pronounced first half. In fact it looks more like a double-dip!

mOOSH

Apparently, we have a new S&S woodie far closer than Falken next year.

Clementon Amusement park is building a ride called "Tsunami," built by S&S.

http://www.rcdb.com/installationdetail2586.htm

I've never heard of it before, has anyone else?

It's been a topic of discussion for a couple days now: http://www.coasterbuzz.com/forum.aspx?mode=thread&TopicID=34922

And now another one may be headed to the Dells.

I'm curious to know why S&S is getting so much business and the Gravity Group is getting relatively nothing?

Did that note on Screamscape even say it was S&S? I though it just said "new wooden coaster that won't be at Big Chiefs?"

And I too wonder why Gravity Group has been silent so far with new rides. Here's to hoping they get some business next week at IAAPA (they have a booth this year)!

Perhaps Denise is selling them really cheap again?

It could explain why their business is up this year, or at least seems to be. A lot of bigger parks are using S&S this year, or at least it seems like they are.

*cue rimshot*....thanks Moosh!

Honestly, I don't have the info to compare the cost of an S&S vs. a GCI, but I think they MUCH more comparable than the olden days, when a CCI could be had for less than a song (a ditty perhaps?)...;)

Sounds like there's actually two S&S woodies coming in '04...:)